
Produced at the height of the Vietnam War, Emile de Antonio's Oscar-nominated 1968 documentary chronicles the war's historical roots. With palpable outrage, De Antonio (Point of Order, Underground) assembles period interviews with journalists, politicians, and key military personnel and international newsreel and archival footage to create a scathing chronicle of America's escalating involvement in this divisive conflict. The savage and horrific images speak for themselves in... (Full plot summary below)
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Produced at the height of the Vietnam War, Emile de Antonio's Oscar-nominated 1968 documentary chronicles the war's historical roots. With palpable outrage, De Antonio (Point of Order, Underground) assembles period interviews with journalists, politicians, and key military personnel and international newsreel and archival footage to create a scathing chronicle of America's escalating involvement in this divisive conflict. The savage and horrific images speak for themselves in perhaps the most controversial film of de Antonio's career, and the film he cites as his personal favorite.
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| User ReviewDrew MBest documentary about Vietnam I've ever seen. Yes, it's angled, but it doesn't try to hide this fact. The compilations are amazing. |
| User ReviewBarbara CThe most amazing compilation documentary you've ever ever seen. It's perfect. |
| User ReviewAjai Kmost anti-american documentary i've seen yet. really insightful even though extremely one-sided |
| User ReviewRod AFocusing on the political landscape of Vietnam, this documentary itemizes Ho Chi Min's political aims and contrasts them with the goals of the French and American governments regarding that southeast Asian nation. The overall perception is that the United States manufactured a war despite its ignorance of the cultural and political situation. Hundreds of thousands of lives were needlessly lost. Sound familiar? |
| User ReviewPrivate UThe best documentary about the American War in Vietnam. Western imperialist ambitions are laid bare. The viewers are left to see that the U.S. had no master strategy of a land war in Asia or moral imperatives towards a people it deemed inferior in every way. Fog of war indeed. |
| User ReviewJonathan BBest documentary on the Vietnam War. Hear Curtis LeMay in all his sociopathic glory. |
| User ReviewBrandon LA sneaky, solid and crushing doc from the frontlines of Vietnam. Invaluable time capsule, with footage that will make your jaw drop and your heart sink. A truly necessary movie. |
| User ReviewSebastien DVery good documentary about Vietnam, from the point of view of 1969... Frighteningly actual... Will we get to learn from our errors at some point? |
| User ReviewChristopher GThis film is like "Hairspray." Enjoy 103 min. of looking back into history and clucking over deceptive and tyrannical policies. Oh, yeah, but this film is surgically revealing with frightening style, which makes it less like "Hairspray." |
| User ReviewChris JInteresting documentary with very moving visuals. |